tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post2468950828056857144..comments2016-12-04T09:48:20.862-08:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Buzzword 2011.3 - StorytellingLucy Bernholzhttps://plus.google.com/107392821045682581198noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-81684488853652810652012-01-06T01:17:09.732-08:002012-01-06T01:17:09.732-08:00Global Giving and Cognitive Edge have interesting ...Global Giving and Cognitive Edge have interesting experiences in analyzing stories and storyfragments. In there approach those who contribute the story &quot;signify&quot; the story by adding scores and variables that can be filtered; this links the story to quantitative information that can be processed and analyzed. See http://www.globalgiving.org/story-tools/Rosien Herweijerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01701224833712826184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-79677761556332430592011-12-25T20:31:43.572-08:002011-12-25T20:31:43.572-08:00Love this article!
It clearly resonate with my wo...Love this article!<br /><br />It clearly resonate with my work. In fact, I believe storytelling should be a skill taught right from the start when we&#39;re all in school. <br /><br />The trouble with schools is that teachers are in a hurry to disseminate information as quickly as possible. If only they&#39;ve taught everything in a story form like how it was in pre-school.Amin Wihttp://about.me/aminwinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-24128562848591213542011-10-10T08:52:05.729-07:002011-10-10T08:52:05.729-07:00I am looking for curriculum on organizational stor...I am looking for curriculum on organizational storytelling that we can use to train some of our volunteers. Do you have any suggestions?Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-16950540370868506982011-10-06T13:52:57.706-07:002011-10-06T13:52:57.706-07:00Great post, and absolutely resonates with our work...Great post, and absolutely resonates with our work at the Orton Family Foundation (www.orton.org). We work to help people discover what makes their communities special and then protect and enhance those values. We often find that people scratch their heads when they first hear that storytelling is part of our community planning process, but the communities we work with end up finding huge value in the experience.Rebecca Sanborn Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095132531593543539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-11412868198498799082011-08-15T13:29:44.773-07:002011-08-15T13:29:44.773-07:00Great post, and absolutely reinforces the underlyi...Great post, and absolutely reinforces the underlying need for grantmakers to share their stories to increase awareness of the impact of the philanthropic sector. The Philanthropy Awareness Initiative has been encouraging the sharing of stories--finding the narrative amidst the data--to demonstrate impact and understanding. And Northern California Grantmakers is helping our members craft their own stories through our Snapshots of Philanthropy series: www.ncg.org/snapshots <br /><br />Low-tech and low cost, but effective nonetheless!<br /><br />- Julia Indovina<br />Director, Communications &amp; Member Services<br />Northern California GrantmakersJulia Indovinahttp://www.ncg.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-71532867371812914542011-08-15T11:31:23.618-07:002011-08-15T11:31:23.618-07:00I agree that it&#39;s not an either/or, but when i...I agree that it&#39;s not an either/or, but when it comes to the stories nonprofits tell about their work, it seems there&#39;s a movement afoot to &#39;teach&#39; donors to ignore narratives in favor of countable data, and to look on stories with some measure of suspicion. As well they might. As Emily Dickinson advised: “Tell all the truth, but tell it slant.” What does it mean to get better at telling stories? More truth or more slant? The best nonprofit stories invite you into a realm of engagement where numbers don’t really matter all that much. But how, if at all, are stories likely to be valued in, say, Social Impact Bond-type structures? Will impact-focused investors have the patience to be dazzled gradually? It’s an increasingly urgent tension that many nonprofits will have to struggle with in deciding how to allocate funds to communications and data collection. <br /><br />AndrewAndrew S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07831883748533181053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-49705843244014881592011-08-15T10:24:03.667-07:002011-08-15T10:24:03.667-07:00Andrew
Data and stories, stories and data - we ha...Andrew<br /><br />Data and stories, stories and data - we have always, and always will - needed them both. I&#39;ve written earlier posts about how massive databases of stories are now changing stories into data - it&#39;s not an either/or, it&#39;s a both/and. <br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-70199672276477697752011-08-15T10:22:59.338-07:002011-08-15T10:22:59.338-07:00Rob
There are great resources out there for storyt...Rob<br />There are great resources out there for storytelling - Center for Digital Storytelling, the work that Andy Goodman has been doing for years with nonprofits, TechSoup&#39;s tools for transmedia storytelling - lots of resources exist. <br /><br />In other posts on this blog I&#39;ve written about how stories are becoming data due to changes in data set size and the advent of things such as the digital humanities - those resources might also be helpful<br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-90969503300413041252011-08-15T06:21:18.321-07:002011-08-15T06:21:18.321-07:00Nice overview of some great storytelling efforts. ...Nice overview of some great storytelling efforts. (I&#39;d add @firstpersonarts in Philadelphia, and their fabulous First Person Museum) Do you think the increased interest in storytelling is a reaction to the pressure on nonprofits and others to produce less-narrative-based evidence of the success of their work? Some of the criticism of Greg Mortenson, for instance, seemed to dwell on how good his stories were, to the exclusion of data to back them up. At the same time we&#39;re working to tell better stories, are we competing with another view that holds stories to be a form of data concealment? <br /><br />AndrewAndrew S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07831883748533181053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-12461049876806716332011-08-15T05:31:38.013-07:002011-08-15T05:31:38.013-07:00Thanks for sharing such a great post about storyte...Thanks for sharing such a great post about storytelling. It would be interesting to see more of a science develop from storytelling -- an approch that orgs can use to develop stories -- as it is very much of an art now. Thoughts on how that can happen?<br /><br />- Rob Wu, CauseVoxRob Wuhttp://www.causevox.comnoreply@blogger.com